Interesting analogy you've used there. I think that if someone doesn't want their information "published," the best course of action would be not to write it down, even on paper! What happens when I walk into your bedroom and lift up your mattress (which, by the way, is a very tired hiding place ;))? According to your logic, I could argue that you wanted it "published" and so therefore I have some kind of right to read the information, analyze it, and perhaps even disseminate it. Now, please note that I'm not taking a side on the appropriateness of this assumption; I'm just pointing out what I find to be an inconsistency in the logic used as its foundation. Conor M. Deanya Lattimore wrote:
Good, good, -- I was thinking this way too as to your first point. The problem with the second point is that I argue in my diss that ALL electronic and computer writing must be considered to some degree "public": it's not a dichotomous construct.
If people did not want their information to be considered "published," then they should write it on paper and keep it under their mattresses, not type it into large databases that are collected, spidered, and searched by other online tools.
So by default for me, all internet work has been intended for publication. Maybe to limited audiences, like when someone posts pics of themselves getting drunk in Facebook, but the fact of the matter is, it's still more in the public space than in the private one.
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elw@stderr.org wrote:
Presumably journal articles have already gone through the local ethics/institutional review process as they're written.
We also have an expectation that journal articles are written with the intent of publication - they're not accidental.
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deanya wrote:
Hi Alex! Okay, I'll challenge this, LOL! Articles that are found in subscription databases are constantly cited, and all you have to do is provide info about your level of access.
What makes MySpace or Livejournal different from database collections?
Alex Halavais wrote:
I think that any blog that requires any sort of log in is off limits, even if anyone can randomly log in to gain access. I'd be willing to be challenged on that, but I think of it as a rule of thumb. So, for example, some MySpace and Livejournal pages are only available to subscribers (same deal for most social network profiles), and I think these have to be handled differently.
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